Read spies; Watch spies. With Oliver Webb-Carter, Editor, Aspects of History.

Oliver Webb-Carter, the editor of Aspects of History, picks his top 5 books and his top 3 films about espionage. Some left-field options here from Oliver! Let us know what you think on X @spymasters

We talk about the new SpyMasters anthology of top spy writing.

And Ollie's picks:

RISE and Kill First, Ronan Bergman. Buy.

Operation Chiffon, Peter Taylor. Buy

The Sympathiser, Viet Thanh Nguyen Buy

Goldfinger, Ian Fleming. Buy

One Day in September, Simon Reeve. Buy

Films:

Zero Days

Living Daylights

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

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